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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters salary in Colorado

The median explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in Colorado earns $69,640 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,563 a month.

10th percentile
$54,870
25th percentile
$61,390
Median percentile
$69,640
75th percentile
$77,180
90th percentile
$91,550

Based on 140 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$54,758 take-home a year
Gross pay$69,640
Federal income tax−$6,491
Social Security + Medicare−$5,327
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$3,064
Monthly take-home$4,563
Every two weeks$2,106

Does it go far here?

$67,578Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
39%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,490
Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

All explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado